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Trans-sphenoidal meningoencephaloventriculocele in an asymptomatic adult: case report

Marcos Alberto da Costa Machado Júnior Verônica Aline Oliveira Barbosa Maria da Conceição Matta Pires Luiz Eduardo Lago de Castro Fabiola Goyanna Adriana Silva Matos Lauro Conceição Vieira About the authors

We report a casual finding of a sphenoethmoidal meningoencephaloventriculocele in an adult patient that the tomography finding was misinterpreted as an expansive neoplasic lesion with malignant features. We alert for the rare site of localization of this malformative pathology.

meningoencephalocele; magnetic resonance imaging; computerized tomography


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